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Saturday, 28 January 2012

A 60th Anniversary Album: Sentimental Sunday

In a New Year tidy up, I came across an Album I had compiled for my parent's diamond wedding anniversary some years ago. Its format is simple, but I thought I would share the idea.

As my father's sight was failing, it had to be strongly visual, so I chose to feature a collage of photographs to reflect each decade of their life together, presented in a display album of clear plastic pockets.

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The Page for the 1930's

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I also included postcards of where they first met (The Winter Gardens Ballroom and a week later the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool, Lancashire) and later added the congratulatory telegram from the Queen.

Unfortunately there was a sad note to this occasion. My parents had enjoyed planning well in advance a hotel celebratory lunch for family and friends. But my mother had the first of several strokes and by the time the day came, she was in residential care. However they still managed to dress up for the occasion to enjoy the day in a quiet way.

The Anniversary Album is now something I can look back on and treasure.

The spring carpet of crocuses at St. Chad's Church, Poulton-le-FyldeA photograph taken by my uncle.

About Me

I have been interested in family history for years. It all began when I was allowed as a child to look through the old family photographs and memorabilia kept in a shoebox in the cupboard at my grandfather's house. That treat started me on a fascinating ancestral trail.